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GenAI Offers The Digital Employee Experience Opportunity Of A Lifetime

David Johnson August 4, 2025
Demand for new AI-driven capabilities is surging, creating unique problems for technology leaders. Find out how an AI-enabled digital employee experience strategy can help in this preview of Forrester’s upcoming Technology & Innovation Summit North America.
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New Research: Top Emerging Technologies In Healthcare

Shannon Germain Farraher August 4, 2025
Healthcare organizations face constant pressure to improve clinical outcomes and workforce retention amid budget constraints and market volatility. Our new research aims to help them prioritize the technologies that will have the most impact today.
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Forrester’s 2025 Technology Strategy Impact Award Winners And Runner-Up For APAC

Frederic Giron August 3, 2025
Congratulations to FWD Group and YCH Group, our winners this year, and to AIA Group, our runner-up. Learn more about the technology strategies each of these firms developed and how they executed them with precision and agility.
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Understanding Metric Maps: Measure What Matters For Adaptive, Resilient Operations

Julie Mohr July 29, 2025
In today’s complex IT landscape, traditional performance metrics often fall short. This blog explores the importance of metric maps in driving adaptive and resilient operations. By aligning metrics with strategic goals, organizations can foster continuous improvement and enhance employee engagement. Discover how to effectively diagnose service issues and implement meaningful performance models.
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Volatility Now, Serenity Later?

Mark Moccia July 28, 2025
In the past, volatility for CIOs came in waves: an economic downturn here, a security breach there, a digital transformation sprint every few years. But 2025 has been an entirely different animal – year of "too much, too fast." Find out how a panel at the upcoming Technology & Innovation Summit in Austin can help master the mayhem and adapt your technology strategy.
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Master Tech Mayhem: Why Technology Leaders Can’t Miss Forrester’s 2025 Technology & Innovation Summit North America

Stephanie Balaouras July 23, 2025
Technology leaders need to get comfortable navigating relentless technology disruption, making bold decisions in the face of uncertainty, and building organizations that are ready to thrive no matter what comes at them. Learn how our upcoming Technology & Innovation Summit North America can help.
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The AI-Centric Service Desk: A Blueprint For Modern IT Operations

Julie Mohr July 22, 2025
As digital transformation accelerates, traditional IT service desks must evolve. This blog explores the AI-centric service desk model, emphasizing automation and personalized support to enhance the digital employee experience. Learn how embracing an AI-first approach can transform IT operations into strategic enablers of productivity and resilience.

Master Scenario Planning For 2026

2026 could bring economic highs, disruptive lows, and everything in between. Join Forrester’s Greg Willrich and Mark Moccia live on September 10 to explore how CIOs are using scenario planning to navigate uncertainty, optimize tech investments, and lead with confidence.

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Is AI Coming For Your Team Next? How AI Hype Is Becoming The Hot Layoff Excuse

Rani Salehi July 17, 2025
AI is giving executives the perfect justification for workforce reductions that they’ve been planning all along. Yet many business leaders don't believe that AI is a replacement for employees, our survey data shows. For organizations and workers to survive this shift, the strategy isn’t about fighting AI — it’s about documenting real value, tracking revenue contributions, and building data-driven cases that prove that human judgment, creativity, and relationship management remain irreplaceable.
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Demystifying Artificial General Intelligence

Bernhard Schaffrik July 9, 2025
Many technology leaders are either dismissing artificial general intelligence as a distant fantasy or reacting to it with unnecessary alarm. There is, however, a more balanced and practical path forward. Learn more in this preview of our upcoming Technology & Innovation Summit EMEA.
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Master Tech Mayhem: Technology & Innovation Summit Comes To London

Pascal Matzke July 9, 2025
In an era of change and uncertainty, technology leaders can either stay reactive or seize the new opportunities in front of them. Find out how Forrester’s Technology & Innovation Summit EMEA can help technology leaders prepare to master tech mayhem and achieve high performance in today’s volatile environment.
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Reimagining ITSM: How Refresh Europe 2025 Propels Freshworks Amid A Fierce Competitive Landscape

Julie Mohr July 8, 2025
At Refresh Europe 2025, the focus shifted from traditional SLAs to experience-led metrics, emphasizing the importance of user perceptions in IT interactions. Freshworks showcased its advancements in AI-driven service management, particularly through Freddy AI. The company aims to simplify ITSM by reducing tool sprawl and enhancing employee experiences. While not the market leader, Freshworks is strategically competitive, targeting midmarket companies. Its approach balances automation with usability, positioning it as a lean alternative in a crowded landscape.
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HPE Discover 2025: AI Is Infrastructure; Infrastructure Is AI

Naveen Chhabra July 7, 2025
Get Forrester's take on seven key announcements coming out of the event and find out how these developments may shape or disrupt your IT roadmap.

New For 2026! Tech Budget Planning Guide + Workbook

Simplify your 2026 tech budget planning! Download our guide and workbook for recommendations, benchmarks, and actionable templates to help you assess, prioritize, and implement investments.

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USU’s Strategic Reveal: Can Its ITSM Vision Keep Pace With Global Giants?

Julie Mohr July 3, 2025
Explore USU’s strategic insights from USU World 2025, where it unveiled its vision for IT service management amid growing global competition. Discover the company’s focus on genAI-powered solutions, data governance, and community engagement, as well as how it is addressing the evolving demands of a hybrid, AI-driven digital landscape, and learn about its commitment to operational compliance and innovative service delivery.
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What To Expect At Viva Technology 2025

Thomas Husson June 6, 2025
Expect a strong focus on AI, climate tech, and deep tech at VivaTech 2025, featuring top European startups in these areas.
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Introducing Forrester’s IT Spend Management Framework

Frederic Giron June 2, 2025
Learn how mastering three indispensable capabilities — visibility, control, and optimization — can help you and your team align expenditures with strategic imperatives, realize cost savings, and fuel the innovation needed to thrive. 
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Public-Sector IT Leaders: It’s Time To Prioritize The Right Emerging Technologies

Sam Higgins May 29, 2025
Learn the 11 emerging technologies that all public-sector IT leaders should be watching and get insight on how these technologies will shape the next decade of government transformation.
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From Legacy ITSM To Proactive Service Management: Why 2025 Is The Year To Rethink Your Strategy

Julie Mohr May 26, 2025
The Legacy of IT Service Management Is Holding You Back For more than twenty years, IT Service Management (ITSM) has served as the operational backbone for managing incidents, problems, and changes. Yet in 2025, the complexity of enterprise IT environments has outpaced the frameworks and processes once deemed cutting-edge. Despite improvements in incident response, asset […]

Missed It Live? Unlock The Secrets To CIO & CISO 2026 Budget Alignment

Couldn’t join us live? Watch this on-demand session and discover how leading CIOs and CISOs align on 2026 planning, prioritize investments, and build resilient security frameworks for 2026.

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The Sleeping Giant Awakens: Defining IT’s Role In A Seismic Shift

Charles Betz May 21, 2025
Generative AI is making the dream of continuous, intelligence-driven improvement in enterprise operations a reality. Find out how IT can lead the transformation in this preview of our upcoming Technology & Innovation Summit in Sydney.
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Rethinking Government Reform: Can In-House Government Consultants Deliver Lasting Impact?

Sam Higgins May 21, 2025
Internal consultancies — mission-driven capability centers for innovation, strategy, and execution — are emerging as key vehicles for governments seeking to do more in-house. As many jurisdictions adopt internal consultancies, we need to ask: Are we building them to last or simply building them fast?
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Master Tech Mayhem: Technology & Innovation Summit APAC

Frederic Giron May 15, 2025
For technology leaders in APAC, the pressing question is no longer about whether AI will transform your business but how you will leverage AI to lead your organization through global volatility and escalating costs. Learn how Technology & Innovation Summit APAC will equip you with the skills, practices, and platforms you need to master today’s tech mayhem and and navigate a volatile environment.
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